Atif Mirza
Address: United Kingdom
Contact/WhatsApp: +44-7917277124 | E-mail: aatifghafoor@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atif-mirza-b923467/
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Commercial & Planning Management | Asset Management | Business Management – Oil & Gas
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• An executive management professional and commercial & planning strategist with over 19 years of progressive and quantifiable success in assets delivery and commercial management in the Oil and Gas sector.
• Spearheaded assets, involving upstream Joint Venture operation and major re-development projects in BP’s global portfolio with a CAPEX of $10 billion plus, annual OPEX of $400 million plus, and production over 130 mbd.
• Chairman JV management and operating committees; successful in leading JV & third-party negotiations for all upstream/midstream agreements.
• Hands-on experience in driving commercial operations, negotiations, asset management, upstream/midstream legal agreements, planning & performance management and stakeholder management
• Gained strong expertise in agreement management, investment governance, optimisation & risk, planning, team leadership and capability development in a senior level leadership role.
• Holding solid grasp over JV asset management in upstream & midstream, investment governance, including AtNs, FMs, Strategic Life of Area Development Plans, Upstream executive and BP Group Board level investment papers and chairing JV management committees to align BP & JV plans.
• Maintained contractual & JV relationships, deal development, driving cross-functional business plan integration by closely coordinating with the functional VPs & Managers (Global Wells, Global Projects, ResDev, Global Operations), Senior Legal Counsels, Advisers, Partners, General Counsel of BP, Regional President and CFO.
• Proficient in external Stakeholder Management - supervising the delivery of JV obligations, agreement management, including existing contractual obligations and securing JV approval for all BP planned activity.
• Instrumental in handling commercial costs (tariffs, gas purchase, cost share), spearheading cross functional leadership teams, identifying analytical demand by supervising economic analysis and ensuring delivery against JV budgets.
• A recognised people manager with capabilities in leading and mentoring diverse teams from different cultures and backgrounds to increase commercial capabilities.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jun 2006 – Present: BP, plc, Aberdeen, UK
As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager (Sep 2013 to Present)
(Holding an increased direct accountability as BP restructured its business & consolidated roles in 4Q 2015)
As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)
Nov 2004 – Jun 2006: BP, plc, London, UK
As Global Manufacturing Planning and Performance Manager - Global Commercial & Planning Team
Jun 1999 – 2004: BP, plc, Middle East & Pakistan Region
Engineering & Technical roles
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KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Worked as the Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 Area Business / Commercial & Planning Manager, drove sanction of $10 billion plus investment proposals and finance memos.
• Quad 204 mega project (combined three major projects) was of national significance with prime minister of the country inaugurating and was widely reported in press.
• Successfully led highly complex commercial and planning start-up/first oil of major oil and gas field operation with largest subsea infrastructure in overall BP portfolio.
• Spearheaded an annual JV operating budget & work programme approvals of $400m and annual capex programmes of $350m with a cost recovery of 2/3rd of the non-BP share and activity approvals over several years.
• Led team on over 50 major joint venture and third-party commercial agreements valued over hundreds of millions of dollars with range of 5 to 30-year duration.
• Approved activity and funding by chairing and leading various management cross functional JV committees.
• Successfully delivered the savings of $25m opex per year in addition to an increase differential of $2/bbl over 45million bbls per year in oil sales value by driving change in major oil export route delivery from UK to Europe (involving UK Government, JV partners and various disciplines in BP).
• Directed on early off station decision of a producing FPSO with 1-year early delivery of a mega re-development.
• Led host & concept selection of Alligin major project integrating key global functions on commercial, economic and pace drivers resulting in 1 year earlier first oil and significant NPV & IRR improvement.
• Acted as the lead negotiator for 7-year Rig share agreement new build rig $1.2 billion among the several deals and agreements delivered.
• Led, negotiated and completed numerous midstream/upstream new deals (& restructured existing) in excess of NPV $300 million BP share with gross JV value 3 times this. Also, developed standard life of field transportation & processing agreements for a key UK gas asset. Achieved significant improvement in the North Sea UK Region investment governance processes while reducing approval time of major investments from 4 months to 6 weeks.
• Boosted delivery from North Sea production centrally and improved value to around $7 billion of hydrocarbon sales per year (via oil sales term deals, equity sales to Integrated Supply & Trading and via a number of gas sales agreements with third parties).
• Fronted cash options tracking and delivery for the UK region. Delivered cash Optimisation / reduction at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr).
• Achieved 30% reduction in costs over two years by planning & forecasting, economic analysis, assurance, performance management and reporting of CAPEX, OPEX, performance on technology spend globally.
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager – Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 – (Sep 2013 – Present)
• Chair of JV Operating Committees for ongoing operations, wells (28 new, 53 existing) along with a major project in concept development with the accountability of aligning a major project in define/execute and a project in exploration phase. The area production is second highest in all of UK continental shelf.
• Represented all critical senior level JV & government relationships on behalf of BP.
• Led development of senior executive briefings and papers and provided strategic support to regional president, VP wells, VP projects, VP C&P, VP reservoir development on x-functional integration issues internally and externally with JV partners.
• Conceptualised life of area development plans and strategies to drive commercial success in line with the organisational objectives.
• Successfully managed dynamics of existing operations and their impact on a major development, including:
New build FPSO, new build 6th Generation long term deepwater rig, 20 new wells, multi-billion dollar offshore subsea program - new subsea infrastructure, flow lines, control systems.
• Integrated multi-disciplinary BP team & stakeholders to ensure delivery of strategy and plan, leading to resolve disputes where required and managed delivery of various significant JV Annual Work Program & Budgets.
• Led on group level investment proposals and associated JV/3rd Party negotiations.
As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region - (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
• Negotiated and implemented Oil & Gas major project commercial agreements, including development, new build rig sharing, operations, midstream, decommissioning, JOAs, multi JV cost & capacity sharing, gas sales, gas import, tie-back & services, shuttle tanker, H2S Life of Field plant cost & capacity sharing, oil export, water handling and oil storage.
• Member in major Projects Global Leadership team & Chaired JV Committees by managing project team spread across UK, Singapore, South Korea and Monaco.
As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit - (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
• Led Oil, dedicated and de-dedicated Gas and NGLs portfolio (Long Term Gas Contracts, Non Arm’s Length and Direct Equity Sales) and maximised value from un-contracted gas produced from the Region via rigorous performance & contract management in North Sea Region.
• Integrated supply & trading and treasury divisions, managed Oil production lifting and successfully delivered cash optimisation at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr.)
• Worked as the Performance Manager for IST Gas, IST Oil and NGLs London based teams directly supporting North Sea CFO in the quarterly performance reviews
• Interfaced between North Sea Region (Upstream), several supply companies and Integrated Supply & Trading (IST Oil, IST Gas, IST NGLs).
As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator – (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)
• Chaired CATS (Central Area Transmission System – key UK asset meeting 15-20% of overall UK Gas demand at the time) JV commercial committee; delivered a number of new high exposure midterm and long term deals with NPV in excess of $300m net (post-tax).
• Initiated & delivered on a number of finance memos seeking authority to negotiate from CFO on multimillion dollar commercial deals and monitored regular engagement with UK government regulator on the planning, commercial and operational matters to meet UK supply.
• Restructured offshore and onshore assets commercial framework.
As Manufacturing Planning & Performance Manager – (Nov 2004 – Jun 2006)
• Financial / Commercial Performance Management & Planning of BP’s Global Refining and Chemicals; technology base operations & projects portfolio – North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
• Part of Global Leadership Team Refining and A&A Strategic Performance Units.
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PAST EXPERIENCE
Jun 2001 – Sep 2003: BP, plc, Pakistan & UAE
As Regional Project Manager & Back Office Infrastructure Team Senior Engineer, Middle East & Pakistan
Jun 1999 – Jun 2001: Union Texas Petroleum, Inc.
As E&P Networks Electrical Engineer (Program for Graduate Engineers)
1997/1998 Internships at French and US multi-national companies
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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
• Attended several trainings, including on JV structuring & Alliances, asset management, leading negotiations, investment governance, economics, commercial operations management, Asset & business management, engineering, senior leadership programmes and several others. Detailed reference available if required.
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EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
• MBA, Business School, 2003 to 2004
University of Edinburgh, UK
• BSc. Electronics & Electrical Engineering, 1995 to 1999
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (Center of Excellence in Engineering in Pakistan)
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Nationality: British | Languages Known: English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Arabic (Beginner)
Address: United Kingdom
Contact/WhatsApp: +44-7917277124 | E-mail: aatifghafoor@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atif-mirza-b923467/
________________________________________
Commercial & Planning Management | Asset Management | Business Management – Oil & Gas
________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• An executive management professional and commercial & planning strategist with over 19 years of progressive and quantifiable success in assets delivery and commercial management in the Oil and Gas sector.
• Spearheaded assets, involving upstream Joint Venture operation and major re-development projects in BP’s global portfolio with a CAPEX of $10 billion plus, annual OPEX of $400 million plus, and production over 130 mbd.
• Chairman JV management and operating committees; successful in leading JV & third-party negotiations for all upstream/midstream agreements.
• Hands-on experience in driving commercial operations, negotiations, asset management, upstream/midstream legal agreements, planning & performance management and stakeholder management
• Gained strong expertise in agreement management, investment governance, optimisation & risk, planning, team leadership and capability development in a senior level leadership role.
• Holding solid grasp over JV asset management in upstream & midstream, investment governance, including AtNs, FMs, Strategic Life of Area Development Plans, Upstream executive and BP Group Board level investment papers and chairing JV management committees to align BP & JV plans.
• Maintained contractual & JV relationships, deal development, driving cross-functional business plan integration by closely coordinating with the functional VPs & Managers (Global Wells, Global Projects, ResDev, Global Operations), Senior Legal Counsels, Advisers, Partners, General Counsel of BP, Regional President and CFO.
• Proficient in external Stakeholder Management - supervising the delivery of JV obligations, agreement management, including existing contractual obligations and securing JV approval for all BP planned activity.
• Instrumental in handling commercial costs (tariffs, gas purchase, cost share), spearheading cross functional leadership teams, identifying analytical demand by supervising economic analysis and ensuring delivery against JV budgets.
• A recognised people manager with capabilities in leading and mentoring diverse teams from different cultures and backgrounds to increase commercial capabilities.
________________________________________
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jun 2006 – Present: BP, plc, Aberdeen, UK
As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager (Sep 2013 to Present)
(Holding an increased direct accountability as BP restructured its business & consolidated roles in 4Q 2015)
As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)
Nov 2004 – Jun 2006: BP, plc, London, UK
As Global Manufacturing Planning and Performance Manager - Global Commercial & Planning Team
Jun 1999 – 2004: BP, plc, Middle East & Pakistan Region
Engineering & Technical roles
________________________________________
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Worked as the Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 Area Business / Commercial & Planning Manager, drove sanction of $10 billion plus investment proposals and finance memos.
• Quad 204 mega project (combined three major projects) was of national significance with prime minister of the country inaugurating and was widely reported in press.
• Successfully led highly complex commercial and planning start-up/first oil of major oil and gas field operation with largest subsea infrastructure in overall BP portfolio.
• Spearheaded an annual JV operating budget & work programme approvals of $400m and annual capex programmes of $350m with a cost recovery of 2/3rd of the non-BP share and activity approvals over several years.
• Led team on over 50 major joint venture and third-party commercial agreements valued over hundreds of millions of dollars with range of 5 to 30-year duration.
• Approved activity and funding by chairing and leading various management cross functional JV committees.
• Successfully delivered the savings of $25m opex per year in addition to an increase differential of $2/bbl over 45million bbls per year in oil sales value by driving change in major oil export route delivery from UK to Europe (involving UK Government, JV partners and various disciplines in BP).
• Directed on early off station decision of a producing FPSO with 1-year early delivery of a mega re-development.
• Led host & concept selection of Alligin major project integrating key global functions on commercial, economic and pace drivers resulting in 1 year earlier first oil and significant NPV & IRR improvement.
• Acted as the lead negotiator for 7-year Rig share agreement new build rig $1.2 billion among the several deals and agreements delivered.
• Led, negotiated and completed numerous midstream/upstream new deals (& restructured existing) in excess of NPV $300 million BP share with gross JV value 3 times this. Also, developed standard life of field transportation & processing agreements for a key UK gas asset. Achieved significant improvement in the North Sea UK Region investment governance processes while reducing approval time of major investments from 4 months to 6 weeks.
• Boosted delivery from North Sea production centrally and improved value to around $7 billion of hydrocarbon sales per year (via oil sales term deals, equity sales to Integrated Supply & Trading and via a number of gas sales agreements with third parties).
• Fronted cash options tracking and delivery for the UK region. Delivered cash Optimisation / reduction at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr).
• Achieved 30% reduction in costs over two years by planning & forecasting, economic analysis, assurance, performance management and reporting of CAPEX, OPEX, performance on technology spend globally.
________________________________________
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
As Area Business Manager / Commercial & Planning Manager – Schiehallion Hub and Quad 204 – (Sep 2013 – Present)
• Chair of JV Operating Committees for ongoing operations, wells (28 new, 53 existing) along with a major project in concept development with the accountability of aligning a major project in define/execute and a project in exploration phase. The area production is second highest in all of UK continental shelf.
• Represented all critical senior level JV & government relationships on behalf of BP.
• Led development of senior executive briefings and papers and provided strategic support to regional president, VP wells, VP projects, VP C&P, VP reservoir development on x-functional integration issues internally and externally with JV partners.
• Conceptualised life of area development plans and strategies to drive commercial success in line with the organisational objectives.
• Successfully managed dynamics of existing operations and their impact on a major development, including:
New build FPSO, new build 6th Generation long term deepwater rig, 20 new wells, multi-billion dollar offshore subsea program - new subsea infrastructure, flow lines, control systems.
• Integrated multi-disciplinary BP team & stakeholders to ensure delivery of strategy and plan, leading to resolve disputes where required and managed delivery of various significant JV Annual Work Program & Budgets.
• Led on group level investment proposals and associated JV/3rd Party negotiations.
As Area Commercial Lead – North Sea Region - (Jun 2011 – Sep 2013)
• Negotiated and implemented Oil & Gas major project commercial agreements, including development, new build rig sharing, operations, midstream, decommissioning, JOAs, multi JV cost & capacity sharing, gas sales, gas import, tie-back & services, shuttle tanker, H2S Life of Field plant cost & capacity sharing, oil export, water handling and oil storage.
• Member in major Projects Global Leadership team & Chaired JV Committees by managing project team spread across UK, Singapore, South Korea and Monaco.
As Region Business Advisor – PPM, North Sea Strategic Performance Unit - (Jul 2009 – Jun 2011)
• Led Oil, dedicated and de-dedicated Gas and NGLs portfolio (Long Term Gas Contracts, Non Arm’s Length and Direct Equity Sales) and maximised value from un-contracted gas produced from the Region via rigorous performance & contract management in North Sea Region.
• Integrated supply & trading and treasury divisions, managed Oil production lifting and successfully delivered cash optimisation at Region level on multiple assets ($100m + / yr.)
• Worked as the Performance Manager for IST Gas, IST Oil and NGLs London based teams directly supporting North Sea CFO in the quarterly performance reviews
• Interfaced between North Sea Region (Upstream), several supply companies and Integrated Supply & Trading (IST Oil, IST Gas, IST NGLs).
As JV Business Advisor & Asset Lead Negotiator – (Jun 2006 – Jul 2009)
• Chaired CATS (Central Area Transmission System – key UK asset meeting 15-20% of overall UK Gas demand at the time) JV commercial committee; delivered a number of new high exposure midterm and long term deals with NPV in excess of $300m net (post-tax).
• Initiated & delivered on a number of finance memos seeking authority to negotiate from CFO on multimillion dollar commercial deals and monitored regular engagement with UK government regulator on the planning, commercial and operational matters to meet UK supply.
• Restructured offshore and onshore assets commercial framework.
As Manufacturing Planning & Performance Manager – (Nov 2004 – Jun 2006)
• Financial / Commercial Performance Management & Planning of BP’s Global Refining and Chemicals; technology base operations & projects portfolio – North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
• Part of Global Leadership Team Refining and A&A Strategic Performance Units.
________________________________________
PAST EXPERIENCE
Jun 2001 – Sep 2003: BP, plc, Pakistan & UAE
As Regional Project Manager & Back Office Infrastructure Team Senior Engineer, Middle East & Pakistan
Jun 1999 – Jun 2001: Union Texas Petroleum, Inc.
As E&P Networks Electrical Engineer (Program for Graduate Engineers)
1997/1998 Internships at French and US multi-national companies
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PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
• Attended several trainings, including on JV structuring & Alliances, asset management, leading negotiations, investment governance, economics, commercial operations management, Asset & business management, engineering, senior leadership programmes and several others. Detailed reference available if required.
________________________________________
EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS
• MBA, Business School, 2003 to 2004
University of Edinburgh, UK
• BSc. Electronics & Electrical Engineering, 1995 to 1999
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan (Center of Excellence in Engineering in Pakistan)
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Nationality: British | Languages Known: English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and Arabic (Beginner)
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